Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Good news is I've known the guy who's getting the fully built one for 25 years, so it's gonna be a great road trip.

I honestly cannot think of a better MC for the events

valid points re weight and accessibility! Even Meurant's "mobile" units aren't particularly mobile and need to be transported by bakkie if you have a few of them.

the problem with the XC timing is that it's just point to point, and is also pretty expensive. You're also going to a 3rd party provider (Racetec etc) and that's an additional cost. Even then, there are issues that come from bad chips and system issues. the EWC system is in place for a reason. It's low cost, and is better than all the others in place at this point in time.

100% - 290 riders entered, AFAIK. And yeah, to accommodate 300 riders would have been a LOT more than the base cost, which is why I linked to the cost of additional units, too. Another 150 tags would be $ 10,200 taking the cost for 300 riders to a min $22,200 or so. Nee dankie. Plus - cost of new passive tags and the lead time vs cost of new active tags and lead time, not to mention getting them through ICASA if they were to get here (yes, that's another hoop that could be there)

and Ike Claassens in the jr field, but he came off hard on phoenix, I think.

Hell no.

to add to Jewboy's numbers, there are costs for medics, equipment hire (PA system and the person manning it) as well as various other blind costs such as venue hire, course tape / flags etc etc. I'll agree with Jewy on teh timing, too. It's far better IMO than the other systems that have been used beforehand. Doesn't need cell signal, doesn't need individual active tags and is already developed. Biggest delays in the start & end times are people who don't position their tags correctly. There are instances where a switch of the marshall's unit is required (like what apparently happened to Matt Lombardi at teh bottom of one stage) but that's rare.

The SportIdent system that the EWS uses has a base cost of $12,000 on special or $16,000 normally. This provides enough pods for 150 riders and enough readers for 5 stages. Additional chips are $68 each if 10 or more are bought... The existing timing system works well, is far cheaper and can accommodate a few more than 150 off the bat, or more with a few more bands being made. I'm sure the timing would be more accurate with these, but at the cost of R180k minimum I don't think it's a viable option at all, to be honest. Sauce: http://sportident.us/Air-MTB-Enduro-Timing-Set-air-enduro.htm http://sportident.us/SI-Active-Card-Air-SIAC-10503.htm

That'll do nicely!

Bahahahaha!! I have to laugh. Turns out the XR I'm driving up to durban next weekend for is in pieces. All accounted for, apparently, but still in pieces. There are 2 bikes. The fully built one is being kept by my mate. I'm getting the one in pieces, so I'll need to build it. Depending on how built it is at the moment, and whether the engine is in pieces or not, I may be able to assemble it in my lounge / kitchen. I'm single, so I can do htat sort of thing and not get into kaka. Either way, there's a journey ahead of me. And I'm looking forward to it. Also means I can make it mine, by putting all the pieces I want onto it without any disassembly.

OMG I just had a moment....

YOu were thinking about the beer.

I see happy people, just without any onderbroeke Do I win?

Saw Joker last night. Utterly brilliant. You get glimpses of the joker that would eventually come to be under Heath Ledger, and I imagine that when I watch Dark Knight I'll have a new appreciation for another immense performance. It's dark, it's gritty. But most of all, it felt real and entirely understandable from his position. And that makes it all the more concerning. Gets you to think. Properly. The descent into madness is not a stairway. It's a rolling country road that comes down from the hills to the sea.

Nah, this Lance guy can hustle.

In your opinion, maybe. Doesn't mean it's not funny.

Specifically Maxxis? 2.5 Agg seems like a good option and I've been wanting to try it up front, tbh. I think it'll have a slightly better transition than the DHF & DHR cos of the tread pattern, but the transition knobs are still fairly widely spaced so it won't be as good as the assegai on that side of things. AFAIK the heirarchy is aggressor -> DHF / DHR -> Dissector -> Assegai. And you, not fast!? Pah.

Sadly, I think her crown has been swiped by the Eliminator and the Assegai.

yeah, that's it. There's a pronounced gap between mid and side knobs that results in that vagueness you're experiencing. Not as bad as the old Butcher, but still there.

TBH I think that most of it is chance and circumstance. 1 inch to the left or the right and you get a gash. But on your line, the sharpness is avoided. But, I prefer not to take that chance and spec tough casings on my bike 'cos (as per last year's Hoogies enduro) I haaaate punctures.

We're not particularly talented and don't choose the best lines, or hulk smash instead of float like a butterfly

That's what I look for in a Tyre. ????????

I'm pretty sure we said Mary Mary eliminator Mary assguy beware the DHF deathgap but get it if you must

And he not so secretly craves the Wildtrak / Raptor kit, which is the bakkie equivalent of a badged leather jacket and tassles on the end of the bars